Illness perceptions are associated with higher health care use in survivors of endometrial cancer—a study from the population-based PROFILES registry

Thong, Melissa S. Y.; Mols, Floortje; Kaptein, Adrian A.; Boll, Dorry; Vos, Caroline; Pijnenborg, Johanna M.A.; Poll‐Franse, Lonneke V. van de; Ezendam, Nicole P. M.

doi:10.1007/s00520-018-4451-3

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“…Cancer, as well as its treatment, significantly reduces the quality of life QoL of patients [9,10]. Individuals construct cognitive and emotional representations of an illness (i.e., illness perceptions) as an adaptive mechanism [11]. Illness perceptions can be used to explain behavior following heart attacks, the response to cancer screening or how patients cope with cancer treatment [12].…”

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Quality of life and illness perceptions in patients with breast cancer using a fasting mimicking diet as an adjunct to neoadjuvant chemotherapy in the phase 2 DIRECT (BOOG 2013–14) trial

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Groot

Kaptein

et al. 2020

Breast Cancer Res Treat

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Purpose In the phase II DIRECT study a fasting mimicking diet (FMD) improved the clinical response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy as compared to a regular diet. Quality of Life (QoL) and illness perceptions regarding the possible side effects of chemotherapy and the FMD were secondary outcomes of the trial. Methods 131 patients with HER2-negative stage II/III breast cancer were recruited, of whom 129 were randomly assigned (1:1) to receive either a fasting mimicking diet (FMD) or their regular diet for 3 days prior to and the day of neoadjuvant chemotherapy. The European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) questionnaires EORTC-QLQ-C30 and EORTC-QLQ-BR23; the Brief Illness Perception Questionnaire (BIPQ) and the Distress Thermometer were used to assess these outcomes at baseline, halfway chemotherapy, before the last cycle of chemotherapy and 6 months after surgery. Results Overall QoL and distress scores declined during treatment in both arms and returned to baseline values 6 months after surgery. However, patients’ perceptions differed slightly over time. In particular, patients receiving the FMD were less concerned and had better understanding of the possible adverse effects of their treatment in comparison with patients on a regular diet. Per-protocol analyses yielded better emotional, physical, role, cognitive and social functioning scores as well as lower fatigue, nausea and insomnia symptom scores for patients adherent to the FMD in comparison with non-adherent patients and patients on their regular diet. Conclusions FMD as an adjunct to neoadjuvant chemotherapy appears to improve certain QoL and illness perception domains in patients with HER2-negative breast cancer. Trialregister ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT02126449.

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Quality of life and illness perceptions in patients with breast cancer using a fasting mimicking diet as an adjunct to neoadjuvant chemotherapy in the phase 2 DIRECT (BOOG 2013–14) trial

Lugtenberg

Groot

Kaptein

et al. 2020

Breast Cancer Res Treat

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“…How they frame the concept of cancer may have profound implications, not only for the patient's understanding of disease, but may also influence their preventive behavior and therapeutic compliance [7]. More attention to cancer literacy among patients as well as healthcare providers may thus have a positive impact on a range of decisions and actions in the cancer continuum [8,9].…”

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“…Cancer prevention, screening, and therapy involve difficult questions related to ethics and equality [4,5], and people's understanding of these issues has immediate effects on health awareness, care-seeking behavior, and engagement in screening programs [6,7]. How patients understand cancer influences how they relate to the disease and potentially its course of development, their quality of life, and even survival [8,9].…”

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The Nine Cancer Frames: A Tool to Facilitate Critical Reading of Cancer-Related Information

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People’s ability to critically assess cancer-related information is essential from a preventional and therapeutic, as well as a general democratic perspective. Such cancer literacy is not just about acquiring factual knowledge. It also involves the ability to analyze how the information is contextualized—how cancer is framed. Previous research concerning the framing of cancer in public discourse is voluminous and penetrating but also fragmented and inaccessible to non-experts. In this study, we have developed an integrated and applicable tool for analyzing cancer discourse by systematically classifying distinctive ways of framing of the concept of cancer. Building on previous research and an inductive framing analysis of a broad range of public cancer discourse, systematically selected from British and Norwegian newspapers, we have characterized nine cancer frames: the biomedical, the environmental, the epidemiological, the personal, the sociopolitical, the economic, the antagonistic, the alternative, and the symbolic frame. This framing scheme may be applied to analyze cancer-related discourse across a plurality of themes and contexts. We also show how different frames combine to produce more complex messages, thereby revealing underlying patterns, strategies, and conflicts in cancer communication. In conclusion, this analytical tool enables critical reading of cancer-related information and may be especially useful in educational initiatives to advance health communication and public understanding of cancer.

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“…Furthermore, patients will be asked about their preferences for follow-up and whether they have been referred to other healthcare services (e.g., psychologist, physical therapist, etc.) [28][29][30].…”

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The Evaluation of Health-Related Quality of Life Issues Experienced by Patients with Desmoid-Type Fibromatosis (The QUALIFIED Study)—A Protocol for an International Cohort Study

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Timbergen

Lidington

et al. 2021

Cancers

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Sporadic desmoid-type fibromatosis (DTF) is a rare soft tissue tumour with an unpredictable clinical course. These tumours are incapable of metastasising, but their local aggressive tumour growth and tendency to recur locally can result in a substantial symptom burden. Measuring the impact of DTF on health-related quality of life (HRQoL) can be challenging due to the variable clinical presentation of the disease. Therefore, a HRQoL instrument assessing DTF-specific issues is needed. The QUALIFIED study aims to (1) pre-test a previously developed DTF-specific HRQoL tool (the DTF-QoL); (2) evaluate prevalence of HRQoL issues in adult DTF patients; and (3) identify subgroups at risk of impaired HRQoL. This study (NCT04289077) is an international, multicentre, cross-sectional, observational cohort study. Patients ≥ 18 years with sporadic DTF from the Netherlands and the United Kingdom will be invited to complete a set of questionnaires specifically composed for this patient group. Questionnaires will be completed using PROFILES (Patient Reported Outcomes Following Initial treatment and Long-term Evaluation of Survivorship). Analyses will include testing the psychometric properties of the DTF-QoL and evaluating the prevalence of HRQoL issues using the DTF-QoL, EORTC QOL-C30 and EQ-5D-5L, among other questionnaires. This study will provide insight into HRQoL issues experienced by patients with DTF. Awareness of these issues and the implementation of the DTF-QoL in research and clinical practice can help to improve overall HRQoL and to provide personalised care.

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Illness perceptions are associated with higher health care use in survivors of endometrial cancer—a study from the population-based PROFILES registry

Cited by 14 publications

References 30 publications

Quality of life and illness perceptions in patients with breast cancer using a fasting mimicking diet as an adjunct to neoadjuvant chemotherapy in the phase 2 DIRECT (BOOG 2013–14) trial

Quality of life and illness perceptions in patients with breast cancer using a fasting mimicking diet as an adjunct to neoadjuvant chemotherapy in the phase 2 DIRECT (BOOG 2013–14) trial

The Nine Cancer Frames: A Tool to Facilitate Critical Reading of Cancer-Related Information

The Evaluation of Health-Related Quality of Life Issues Experienced by Patients with Desmoid-Type Fibromatosis (The QUALIFIED Study)—A Protocol for an International Cohort Study

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